We already had about 3 weeks summer holidays and 6 weeks ahead
us. Total slow mode dominates us here for days. My little one sleeps up to 9
clock, breakfast is finished till 11, then we will consider what to do. Of
course, first comes lunch, when it rains even a nap, when the sun shines, we
jump into the pool and take a nap on a sunbed. From time to time a girlie girlfriend
comes to play, then I have even more time to do nothing. How do I get out of
this? Do I have to? I'm constantly feeling guilty because we don’t do anything.
I waver back and forth. In order to soothe my conscience a bit, we have now
started a small project that could be easily put in a very short time. But I
think I can run it well over a few days ;) I'll report on it, for certain, someday.

The last few days I've done it, tinker me a Facebook fanpage.
Not because I necessarily need one, but because I wanted to know how to do it.
I'm so far been no friend of Facebook and did not know what am I supposed to
write as a private person. Maybe because my generation or me and my friends are
not necessarily Facebook users. But just as an addition to my blog, I find it quite
funny. You are welcome to risk a look and drop by.

Strange thing: my amaryllis blooms now in the summer. Has
never happened before. In the summer they always have a shady spot on the
terrace and from August I let it dry. And suddenly one of them bloom.

Intermediate result: semi-finished. I have already reported HERE that I want to knit a shawl to
minimize my wool remnants. Old scraps of wool to be exact, I have inherited from
my mom and grandma. Since I have two brothers, there are mainly light blue and
white wool. Therefore I have decided that this shawl will be for my mom. I do
not like light blue very much. So do not wonder about the odd color
combination, I only knit wool that I have in stock. And I also mix quite wild,
qualities and strengths. Whatever! The wool has to go. The shawl is as large as
half a blanket, but no matter, then my mom can really cuddle up in winter.
Probably there is even enough wool for socks. The pattern is simple even for
beginners.

And I bought loooong lace needles, which are hopefully
long enough for a huge number of stitches. It knits are very wonderful and fits
comfortably in your hand. At the photo you can see also my new stitch markers, which
are so lovely.

The follower window is not shown on my site for weeks and
who knows how long that lasts until Blogger fixes the issues (error display by
switching my URL ending to co.at). Many thanks to those who are still followed
me. You can follow me of course also without the GFC gadget. This is very
simple:

And currently we don’t leave the house without Nivea Sun Lotion SPF 50. The heat wave in this country has been going on for about 14
days at temperatures above 86 F/30 degrees. My girlie is found only in the pool,
which is of course in the blazing sun. But until now we did not have a sunburn.
I put the sun protection on décolletage, nose and shoulders and I am extremely
happy with it.

I think I've found THE knitting project to use up my yarn
leftovers (I hope anyway). I found at Pinterest THIS SHAWL,
which is a free pattern on Ravelry. Isn't that shawl just marvelous? I hope I haven’t
overtire myself.

As I read through the English instructions, I almost given
up. But then I found these great two sites. Stricknetz translates
the English abbreviation and KnittingHelp shows and explains with videos the knitting
terms. Now I should get it. Right now I'm still busy with the color scheme and
then I do not know if I want to knit in this heat, but at least everything is
already prepared.

Lettuce and radishes are there for some time, but today I
harvested the first zucchini. My tomatoes are still green in the
background, but the prevailing heat at the moment is going to change it hopefully
soon.